Flexible type button



p 1931. L. R. CARLEY ET AL 1,321,616

' FLEXIBLE TYPE BUTTON Filed April 1, 1931 fnvenfors: Leonard R. 661721 3,?

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CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO THE PATENT BUTTON COMPANY, OF VTATEB-BURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT FLEXIBLE TYPE BUTTON Application filed April 1,

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in buttons, and more particularly to what is known as the flexible type button, that is, wherein the head may shift or move or tilt with relation to its base.

An object of the invention is to provide a flexible button with a novel type of base so that the button is especially adapted for use with buckles or loops that are to be passed over the button head.

Still another object'of the invention is to provide an inwardly and upwardly sloping outer wall for the base, so that a loop, after being placed over the button head, is pulled up the sloping wall and thus properly engage the hub of the button.

The present application is a companion to the application filed by us on February 24, 1931, bearing Serial Number 518,009. In that application, provision was made for the discharge of any fluid that might have accumulated between the outer sloping wall and the inner vertical wall of the base during the" making or finishing of the base.

In the present application, the base is so constructed as to not only allow any accumulated oils or fluid to discharge from between the outer sloping wall and the vertical peripheral wall of the base, but also to allow for the discharge of any'entrapped fluids between the hub of the base and the peripheral circular wall of the base.

With the above and other objects in view,

' the invention consists in certain new and novel arrangements and combination. of

parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

Referring now to the drawings showing preferred embodiment and one modification of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of the assembly as attached;

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of the base; Fig. 3 is a top plan of the base; Fig. 4 is a bottom plan thereof; Fig. 5 shows a detail sectional viewof a slightly modified form of base or eyelet; Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof. Referring now more particularly to the 7 There may 1931. Serial No. 526,934.

drawings and for the moment to Fig. 1, there will be seen a button head 1 comprising the body shell 2 having the integral hollow hub 3 with the downwardly inturned lower rim 4. y also be seen a cap 5 of any desired type fitting tightly over or about the upwardly flared rim 6 of the body shell 2, there having been placed an anvil 7 under the cap and within the body shell 2 before the cap is rimmed into position.

Of course,'the body shell and cap may be of any desired metal and may have any desired insignia stamped therein.

Referring now to the base or eyelet 8, it will be seen that there is provided a central hollow hub 9, the upper end of which is'bent outwardly to form a rim 9', which rim is crimped over the inwardly turned rim l of the hub 3, while the button of the hub merges with the bottom surface 10 of the base. This bottom surface 10 may slant slightly upwardly towards the central hub, so that when the base is drawn tightly against the'cloth 11 it will tightly hug the same.

Also merging with the bottom surface 10 of the base is the substantially vertically upstanding circular wall 12, which is turned back on itself, as at 13, and then extends downwardly to form the outwardly sloping wall 14 which wall is turned slightly inwardly, as at 15, at its bottom. This inwardly extending rim 15 does not contact with the wall 12 but terminates short thereof to leave a circular space 16, so that any fluid may seep from between these walls that has accumulated either during the making or finishing of the base or even later.

It will be noticed that where the metal is turned back on itself, as at 13, it is in a plane higher than the horizontal plane of the crimped edge 4 of the hubs, so that when the loop (not shown) is passed over the button head it will slide up the sides of the wall'14 and around thehub 3 of the button head without any danger of the wire of the loop passin under the lower edge of the rim 4 of the hub, which would tend to jam the loop between the base and hub of the button head.

As may be seen in Fig. 1 there is forced within the hub of the eyelet or base a small die 18 so that when a prong 19 of a tack fastener 20 is forced through the cloth 11 up into the small die 18 it will spread the same to thus tightly fasten the die with-in the hub and to hold the base to the cloth and naturally hold the button head in its assembled position to the base.

As will be noticed now, the button head may move vertically with respect to the base for a relatively short distance and is also capable of tilting with respect to the base.

As far as the specification has proceeded, the construction follows that of the companion application, but it will be noticed in the present case, to allow for the seeping or discharge of any fluid, such as oil or water, we provide a series of perforations 21 within the bottom surface 10. These perforations may be circular in outline and may be in spaced relationto each other or they may be of other desired outlines. Also, any number of them may be provided, so that any oils or water or dies may discharge from this cup-shaped base.

'Thus, it will be seen that not only is provision made for the discharge of any fluids between the outwardly sloping wall and the substantially vertical circular wall of the :base, but also any fluid may discharge from iheb base that has been entrapped about the 111 It will be understood that although we have mentioned that the button is particularly adapted to be used with a loop or buckle, it might equally as well be used with the ordinary button hole of a garment or strap.

Referring now to Figs. 5 and '6, there is a slightly modified form of base shown. In this instance, 'the base or eyelet 22 has the integral upstanding hollow hub 28, the slightly concave under surface M, and the inwardly and upwardly extending peripheral rim or wall 25. The bottom surface 24; might be perforated, as in the preferred form or it may be perforated, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. that is, the perforations may be cut around the periphery of the base, as at 26, so that there will be a series of perforations extending around the outer peripheral surface to thus discharge any fluid that might be entrapped in the base.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that we have provided a flexible type button with .a base that may be made either according to the preferred form, as shown in Figs. 1 to 4, or in accordance with the structure shown in the modified form, in Figs. 5 and 6. It will also be seen that in both forms, any oils or fluids are always free to discharge or seep from the base rather than be entrapped therein, which might tend to rust the base or shank of the button.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A flexible type button comprising a but-ton head having a hollow hub, a base also having a hollow hub, the hub of the button head crimped on the hub of the base so that the button head may move with respect to the base, the base having a bottom portion and a substantially vertically circular wall and a downwardly and outwardly extending wall merging therewith, the last-mentioned wall having an inwardly extending rim terminating short of the substantially vertically circular wall, and the bottom surface of the base being perforate.

2. A base for a but-ton comprising a hollow hub, a bottom portion, a circular upstanding wall turned back on itself at its upper edge to form a downwardly and outwardly extending sloping wall, and the bottom portion of the base being perforate.

3. A base for a l .itton being substantially cup-shaped and provided with an integral. hollow hub, the bottom portion of the base being perforate.

t. A. base for a button comprising a hollow hub, an upwardly extending peripheral wall spaced from the hub, said wall being bent l: .cr on itself and sloping downwardly and outwardly, the lower edge of the wall extending inwardly but terminating short of the upwardly extending peripheral wall to provide for the seepage of any fluid, and the bottom of the base about said hub being perforate to allow for the discharge of any fluid entrapped in the base about the hub.

5. A flexible type button comprising a button head. a base, the said head flexibly secured to said base, said base pro ided with a downwardly and outwardly ext-ending wall, and the bottom portion of the base being perforate.

G. A flexible type button comprising a base, a head flexibly secured thereto, said base being perforate to provide for the discharge of any fluid that otherwise might be trapped therein.

7. A button including a base, a head secured thereto, said base being perforated about its peripheral edge to provide for the discharge of any fluid that might otherwise ie entrapped therein.

8. A base or eyelet for use with a button hcao comprising a bottom surface, an into-- gral hollow hub, an upwardly and inwardly sloping peripheral wall terminating a distance from the walls of the integral hub, and the base being perforated to provide for the discharge of any fluid that might be entrapped therein.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

LEONARD ll. CARLEY. FRANKLIN R. VJHITE. 

